Round 3
South Africa
1979-03-03 · Midrand · South Africa
Weekend schedule
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Race
P1VIL
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time / Retired | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve |  Ferrari | 78 | 1:41:49.960 | 9 |
| 02 | 11 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 78 | 1:41:53.380 | 6 |
| 03 | 4 | Jean-Pierre Jarier |  Tyrrell | 78 | 1:42:12.070 | 4 |
| 04 | 1 | Mario Andretti |  Lotus | 78 | 1:42:17.840 | 3 |
| 05 | 2 | Carlos Reutemann | Lotus | 78 | 1:42:56.930 | 2 |
| 06 | 5 | Niki Lauda |  Brabham | 77 | +1 lap | 1 |
| 07 | 6 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 77 | +1 lap | — |
| 08 | 20 | James Hunt |  Wolf | 77 | +1 lap | — |
| 09 | 28 | Clay Regazzoni |  Williams | 76 | +2 laps | — |
| 10 | 8 | Patrick Tambay |  McLaren | 75 | +3 laps | — |
| 11 | 29 | Riccardo Patrese |  Arrows | 75 | +3 laps | — |
| 12 | 30 | Jochen Mass | Arrows | 74 | +4 laps | — |
| 13 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 74 | +4 laps | — |
| 14 | 31 | Héctor Rebaque | Lotus | 71 | Engine | — |
| DNF | 16 | René Arnoux |  Renault | 67 | Tyre | — |
| DNF | 27 | Alan Jones | Williams | 63 | Suspension | — |
| DNF | 7 | John Watson | McLaren | 61 | Ignition | — |
| DNF | 9 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | 57 | Accident | — |
| DNF | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 47 | Engine | — |
| DNF | 26 | Jacques Laffite |  Ligier | 45 | Accident | — |
| DNF | 3 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 25 | Throttle | — |
| DNF | 18 | Elio de Angelis |  Shadow | 16 | Accident | — |
| DNF | 25 | Patrick Depailler | Ligier | 4 | Accident | — |
| DNF | 17 | Jan Lammers | Shadow | 2 | Accident | — |
| DNQ | 22 | Derek Daly | Ensign | — | — | — |
| DNQ | 24 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | — | — | — |
Circuit
Kyalami Racing Circuit
Anti-clockwise · Permanent circuit
Circuit Length
4.104km
- First Grand Prix
- 1967
- Number of Laps
- 78
- Turns
- 9
- Race Distance
- 320.112 km
- Layout lap record
- 1:14.412Gilles Villeneuve (1979)